How to Find Books on My Lexile Level

MetaMetrics Website

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  Go to the MetaMetrics website and click "Search for books at your Lexile level."

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  Enter your Lexile Measure or a range in the boxes provided, and click Continue.

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  Select the types of books you wish to read. You may select all of the categories, or you may choose only one or two. When you have made your selections, click Continue.

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  Refine the suggested selections by sliding the selectors to indicate your age and to adjust your Lexile range. You can also limit the search by keyword, Lexile code, language, page count and type of book.

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  Scroll through the recommended books and click "Add to my reading list" for those you would like to find and read. You can also click "Find in a library," "Buy from Barnes and Noble" or "Google preview."

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  Once you have made your selections, click the link to your reading list. This link takes you to a page where you can choose to export, e-mail or print your selections as a reading list.

Barnes and Noble Website

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  From the Barnes &Noble home page, click the "Kids" tab.

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  Scroll down to "Easy Search Tools for Children's Books" and click "Find Children's Books" under the "Books by Reading Level" heading.

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  Enter your child's age in the box and click Continue.

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  Enter your child's grade and reading ability or enter his Lexile measure or a scoring range in the designated boxes. Click Continue.

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  Select one of your child's interests and click Continue. You may be offered an opportunity to refine the interest. When you are done, click Continue and your suggested titles will be displayed.